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Puff Omelet with Cheese

A fluffy omelet folded over grated cheese, cooked in butter and finished in the oven or broiler.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,962 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Puff Omelet with Cheese

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the eggs

  1. Separate the eggs.

  2. In a bowl, beat the yolks and add water, pepper, and salt.

  3. Whip the egg whites until very stiff and fold them into the yolk mixture.

Cook

  1. Heat the butter in a skillet.

  2. Pour the egg mixture into the skillet and cook until the edges are set.

  3. Transfer to the oven or broiler and cook until the center is set.

  4. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and fold the omelet in half using a spatula.

  5. Transfer to a platter, sprinkle with parsley or paprika, and serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Pepper + cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,861 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Egg + cheesetop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Whipped whites give the omelet its light, airy structure, while the yolks add richness.
Butter
Fat for the skillet that keeps the omelet from sticking and adds flavor and browning.
Grated cheese
Melts into the folded omelet, adding richness and flavor.

The step that matters

Whip the egg whites until very stiff. Stiffly whipped whites trap air that gives the omelet its lift. Under-whipped whites collapse when folded into the yolks, leaving a dense, flat omelet.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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